Household Cavalry Museum

The Household Cavalry Museum is a military headquarters, barracks, and stables located between Whitehall and Horse Guards Parade in London, England. The first Royal Horse Guards barracks was built in 1663 on the orders of King Charles II of England, and a new Horse Guards building was built from 1750 to 1759 to replace the old one. In 1894, Queen Victoria implemented daily 4:00 PM inspections every day for the next 100 years after catching some of the Guards drinking, and, even after the punishment expired in 1894, Queen Elizabeth II continued the inspection out of respect for tradition.